Advertisements for Tea Leaf Reading Services
From Mystic Tea Room
Tea rooms, restaurants, and cafes may offer free tea leaf readings and other fortune telling services to their customers. Their announcements of these services can be found on business cards, newspaper print advertisements, postcards, and matchbook covers.
1940s matchbook cover advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Kettle in New York City
Advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Kettle in New York City
1930s matchbook cover advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Kettle in New York City
Advertisement for Prof. Punditjee, who read palms at the Gypsy Tea Kettle in New York City
1930s matchbook cover advertisement for the Egyptian Tea Room in Kansas City, Missouri, front
Advertisement for Don Luis, the Boy Who Sees Tomorrow, reading at the Egyptian Tea Room in Kansas City, Missouri,
1930s Matchbook for The Gypsy Tea Shop in Denver, Colorado
1930s matchbook cover advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Shop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, front
1930s matchbook cover advertisement for the Gypsy Tea Shop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, back
Matchbook cover for the New Temple of Fortune Tea Room in Chicago, Illinois
Advertisement for lunch and a reading with Madame Evelyn at the Spanish Court Tea Room
1930s business card for Ross, formerly of the Gypsy Tea Shop, now reading at the Wishing Cup in Boston, Massachusetts
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catherine yronwode
curator, historian, and docent
The Mystic Tea Room
